As China’s Golden Week begins, its ‘tiaoxiu’ policy dulls holiday glow for some. Is it time for change?

SINGAPORE:” Primary 1 kids feel it the most. After every National Day vacation, you’ll discover some kids whining and in weeping”, said Chinese professor Ou Yang Hui Er, who teaches at&nbsp, Liwan Overseas Chinese Elementary School in Guangzhou, China.

Post-holiday music are not uncommon, but they are frequently felt more keenly in China as a result of the country’s historic exercise of “tiaoxiu” or adjusted sleep, where work and school days are adjusted to cut out long, unbroken blocks of time off.

After the week-long” Golden Week” National Day holidays that started on Tuesday ( October 1 ), workers and students are subject to a make-up day of work and school, respectively. As per this policy, workers and students are subject to a make-up day of work and school. They were required to record a day like that straight before the break. &nbsp,

According to Ms. Ou Yang, it’s not uncommon to see many kids become ill after the break. While her 20-plus years of teaching encounter means she’s properly prepared for the common rise, the 47-year-old feels the condition may be improved.

” What we can do is slow down the pace”, she said. ” Anyone needs a day or two to recuperate- not only physically, but to recover our spirits to”.

Although there is occasional criticism of tiaoxiu, the training has come under particular scrutiny this year as a result of the adjustments made to the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, which have had an impact on five right workweeks.

Some Chinese analysts have also made public criticism of the plan, adding to the chorus of virtual complaints as users express their frustration.

Watchers told CNA that China must measure the effectiveness of tiaoxiu in rousing consumption, a trend that has been increasing in response to economic woes, and whether such loud appeals accurately reflect the opinions of the general public.

” TOO TIRED TO SPEND”

But what exactly is tiaoxiu? &nbsp,

Just put, it is a technique used in China to change public holidays. Running days are shifted to produce more breaks when public holidays occur in the middle of the month, typically by having employees work on weekends before or after the holiday period.